David Mitchell

[PianoWizzy]

I have no shame in how much I love David Mitchell.

[jackbox1971]

This guy is so good... quick, bright, snarky, always a hint of malice. I watched every episode of "Soapbox" and he is the only many who could replace Andy Rooney on 60 Minute... except all of the things he'd complain about would be British!

[0deer7]

now i want to know what happens next!!

[rjh00]

Damnit, when David gives such a great answer you just want the facts to reflect the answer he gave, who cares what is really the answer, David's answer just deserves to be the truth.

[Tr1ploid]

David Mitchell in the same frame as our Belgian flag... It's enough to make me proud.

[muffin8or]

Absolutely Brilliant

[Zed1967]

With lying skills like that I'm surprised David didn't become a politician. :)

[PianoWizzy]

@Zed1967 Hilarious In Hindsight, that he at one point wanted to be Prime Minister. Apparently [if I'm not mistaken, and forgive my ignorance if I am] he was turned off the idea when he met other people who wanted to go into politics and noticed that they were all jerks. XD

[Sprounge]

I love how he says 'Maastricht'.

[shimauma]

I like how his lies about Maastricht took place between Germany and Denmark lol

[umar27891highlightss]

"that is absolutely...WRONG"lol awesome stephen fry and david mitchell moment

[davidmichael07]

okay... my dad went to Peter House an apparantly David Mitchell was there at the same time as my dad.

[existenceisrelative]

I miss the chubby, down-syndrome David Mitchell. He's all skinny and it makes me a bit nauseous. The fraternity of fat guys keeps losing our funny members. All we've got left are people of note that are too old to be anything but fat and the vast majority of lazy assholes.

[Chariset]

@existenceisrelative Hand him over. I'll dispose of him for you.

[existenceisrelative]

@Chariset No no! I might very well fall into despair without intelligent humor(ists). I need all of them I can get! I'm just distressed that the fat club lost another valued member. Even if he was only a fringe member. Though I can give you an amazing special on quite a large number of lazy assholes.

[leprechaun192]

he's an exemplary liar

[fro7k]

"A sand-bank that was farmed"... audience was obliviously applauding the miraculous advances in agriculture taking place between David's ears.

[allasar]

Most Belgians don't even know what the deal is with Baarle-Hertog

[WarlordofRanaar]

@allasar And neither does the mayority of the Dutch

[SatoTM3]

denmark and germany??? theres the dutch and belgian flag on the background u thick bloody fool :D

[KryzMasta]

@SatoTM3 He's from the UK, they're our folksy, European version of that never-take-note-of-anything-an­ywhere-you-ever-travel ex-colony of theirs: The United States of America.

[machete97]

@KryzMasta just cos we went around the world renaming countries and wiping out indigenous populations and cultures doesn't mean we didn't learn anything. what group exactly are you representing by "our" ? europe ?

[KryzMasta]

@machete97 Yes. Our = european. You know, you're part of it, eventhough you don't want to be. :)

[machete97]

@KryzMasta I do NOT belong to the insane minority of brits that want to secede from the EU. I believe in the future of a federated europe, even if the EU itself isn't exactly shooting for that at the moment

[KryzMasta]

@machete97 Haha, okay. I didn't mean you personally. No worries, no need for a dispute on that, I'm pro EU, but there are enough reasons to be critical about its performance. :)

[Sonicblade128]

@SatoTM3 -- To be fair, it could have been a bluff. After all, they showed a tropical cocktail during the question "What did Vyacheslav MOLOTOV invent?"

[VSL123]

IT MADE NO SENSE!

First time I said there, I was frowning and thinking "What?". Silly audience...

[frazzledazzler]

but he likes us welsh because we're nice people and only went along with devolution to keep the scots happy :)

[Chiszle]

I knew the answer to that one I think. Its where a town is divided by a border that homeowners could shape themselves. Everyone had to choose which side of the border they wanted to be on. And thus the result was a mozaic border line play on the map.

[JoshRobertson142]

what was the right answer?

[yatter1]

Mitchell was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England to Ian and Kathy Mitchell, he´s english.

[oOCitoreOo]

@foxofthenight THanx for that information :D

[paradox929]

He's English.

[357Snowball]

He Is English!

[oOCitoreOo]

Anyone know what nationality David Mitchell is please? I know hes a quarter Welsh but hes not english so hes 3/4s what? 

[foxofthenight]

@oOCitoreOo scottish

[mazzyboodeboo]

@oOCitoreOo he's english but all his ancestry is scottish

[insainiac33]

@mazzyboodeboo He's British.

[Restayvien]

@mazzyboodeboo

And he's the first awesome one. ; )

[mazzyboodeboo]

@Restayvien well, possibly. The others could also be awesome but just aren't famous ;) I'd hedge my bets on him being the most awesome one tho :D

[Museite]

Why do people persist in saying that 'No copyright infringement is intended'?? Last time I checked, copyright law did NOT have a subjective element. If someone brought action against you, it would NOT make a scrap of difference to any defence you might have.

[AbiiAwesomeness]

On one of David Mitchell's Soapbox podcasts he does say that he is a bit Welsh :)

[TheMikeyReilly]

When I was watching this on TV, I was wandering what the hell David Mitchell was on about. And when Stephen was saying "you are absolutely..." I couldn't understand it.

What I mean is, I know about Baare Nessau/Hertog, and was so confudled when David was whittering on about his Submerged sandbank and the dispute between Denmark and Germany (which was weird, considering the Dutch and Belgian flags are behind him...)

Audience fell for it though. God Bless David Mitchell.

[cokejoke]

i think this was the peak of his chubbiness

[93nicd]

Love QI - David Mitchell and Stephen Fry are geniuses.

[Clarestovold]

Just goes to say, if you say something with enough confidence, people believe you.

:D David Mitchell <3

[retteretter]

Oh that's strange. I though Baarle-Hertog would be safely within Holland, I thought Belgiums borders finished closer to Antwerp.

[zeeslag123]

and this is why david is on the show "would I lie to you" :)

[JDLupus]

@zeeslag123 I was in awe at how impressive that was...

[Greed23]

looks like he's reading it from the desk.

[Broervan]

@maromma that's probably because he's part welsh

[maromma]

@Broervan Yeah - He said something about liking the welsh/ being part welsh in his pod cast thing-y-mag-ig. So possibly. Apart from the fact that he's so English it must physically hurt him, never the less.... :)

[Clarestovold]

@maromma

Noo, I saw this whole episode once and in the end Alan Davies and David Mitchell swapped flags. Alan is part Welsh and David is English. It was either part of a question where they had to rearrange the flags appropriately or Alan swapped them round jokingly I think. It was something like that ;)

[BricksWillBeShat]

@Clarestovold

Actually no, in this episode they START with Alan having the welsh flag and David having the British flag because Alan's surname, Davies, is considered to be Welsh. However Alan doesn't have a single bit of Welsh blood in him, which he points out at the beginning of the episode, as he found out doing a program called 'Who do you think you are?' where celebrities trace their family history. David Mitchell, on the other hand, has more welsh blood in him and so they traded flags.

[mikeymandem]

that was incredible, he had me going

[lucynaribola]

aaaaand that is why he fits so well in a show called "would I lie to you"

[js82]

Baarle Hertog is weird. I live nearby, it's basically a little piece of Belgium in the Netherlands with the border running right through the streets and people's houses even.

Not sure about the 5732 provisions though..

[lamestguyintown]

so whats th right answer?

[ailashes]

@lamestguyintown There were two Treaties of Maastricht and David's talking about the second one. The first one involved Baarle-Hertog, where there were 5732 parcels of land. Some so small that half a building could be in Belgium but the other half in the Netherlands. :) Hope I'm right - can any passing historians correct me?

[mmmongo2]

@ailashes The first treaty of Maastricht established the whole border between Belgium and the Netherlands, and you're quite correct: 5732 parcels of land were individually set as Belgian or Dutch. The Baarle-Hertog situation was so complex that they skipped the marking of the border in Baarle-Hertog and only finished it in 1995. Baarle-Hertog now consists of 4 pieces of land in Belgium and 22 enclaves in the Netherlands,that have 7 Dutch enclaves within them. Hope this helps a bit :)

[trisket23]

this is fucking funny. ;) <3 mitchell

[chineseclownbaby]

im in luv with david mitchel

[jenisedai]

@chineseclownbaby me too!

[jessegullick]

@chineseclownbaby I doubt he'd appreciate that poor grammar. "I am in love with you David Mitchel, you are outstanding! " Would be more appropriate.

[Saisinkolimonadin]

@jessegullick He'd also scoff cynically at the concept of love and demonstrate its academic worthlessness with an amusing simile.